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Two new special fish have been added to the Fishville store: the Dwarf Angelfish and the Prawn Goby. Both require players to jump through some (small) hoops to gain access, however.

To open up the Dwarf Angelfish, players must give Fishville permission to send you emails. While this might sound shady and potentially annoying, in truth this change is the result of a change being made to Facebook itself. Facebook is doing away with its notifications system (the notes that pop up on the bottom right). Since Facebook game makers like Zynga won’t be able to send notifications any more, communications must now be sent via email. Expect all your other Facebook games to begin offering incentives for handing over your email address, as well.

Unlocking the Prawn Goby is simpler – simply add some neighbors.

Facebook’s original aquarium game Fish World released a net sew of Egyptian items yesterday. Although Fish World isn’t my aquarium game of choice, there are a handful of things I really dig about it. For one, all sets of themed items are sorted into their own little section of the Fish World shop. So it’s easy to find these egyptian items, or the Wild West items, outer space, pirate, etc.

Even better, Fish World takes a much more reasonable stance than most when it comes to charging for its virtual goods. Most items are available for a larger amount of free currency, or a smaller amount of paid currency. The items also don’t cost $5+, like some of the leading Facebook games are beginning to charge. So kudos to Fish World! Hopefully its good behavior will be rewarded with an uptick in players.

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YoVille puts other games to shame when it comes to pure volume of items added with each update. I am literally unable to keep up. YoVille already went crazy with its beach expansion once, earlier this month. And now developer Zynga has done it again, adding over 100 more new beach appliances, clothing items, and decorations.

Sundresses, wetsuits, snorkels, new bedroom & dining room sets, appliances, accent items, and lord knows what else have all been updated. The items are a mixture of paid and free, like any good Facebook game content update should be. Yovillains… are you excited about the continuation of this summer in January?

Petville added garages and cars/bikes to go with them a while back, but they never felt quite right. The garages felt like another room of the house that happened to have a car stored in it. It seems developer Zynga might have agreed. Tonight, a whole host of garage decorations were added to the game. The updates include garage doors, tool sets, trash cans, lawnmowers and more of those items that make a garage feel like a garage.

Like other items in the Petville market, each individual item is fairly cheap, but decorating the entire space can get pricy quick. So start saving those coins! It might seem weird to get excited about adding a recycle bin or a leaf blower, but it’s those sorts of every day items that make a Petville apartment seem like an actual living space. All good Petville decorators will tell you that it’s all about the details.

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Zynga finally launched the Mafia Wars: Bangkok beta! But before you rejoice… there is a catch. Only a limited number of Mafia Wars players were given access. The rest of us (myself included, sadly) have to wait. But don’t give up hope yet! Zynga has given all members with Bangkok Beta access three invites of their own to hand out. So if you really, REALLY want in, your best bet is to spam all your Mafia Wars-playing friends hoping one of them has access, and has a remaining invitation.

Will you be prepared for Bangkok when it does go live? Remember that there are three items that must be obtained in New York, before Bangkok will be unlocked. Which faction will you side with? I’m leaning towards the Triads…

Zynga also gave a preview of some of Mafia Wars: Bangkok’s top-notch artwork. Just as Moscow’s color palette was red, Bangkok is giving off a definite purple vibe: